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Here’s why Israel loses no sleep over Islamic State

At first sight, it seems that Israel is just as preoccupied with the rise of Islamic State as anyone else. Israeli media report diligently on the extremist group’s assault on the Kurdish town of Koban... read more

Index sets up China shop

Through its partnership with China Mobile, Index hopes to quickly expand its market footprint — and take a giant step past its rivals. read more

Insight: Sacramento Tenant Protection / 'The Track In The Forest' / Kushman By The Bottle / Opera Modesto

CapRadio’s Nick Miller explains what the ordinance would do. Former Sacramento Bee senior writer Bob Burns debuts his book “The Track In the Forest” about the 1968 men’s US track and field team, which ... read more

Is America in denial about its decline?

Here’s my question to you: Is America in denial about its decline? Interested to know which ones made ... Ann in Charleston, South Carolina: I think so. I don't think Americans see a global economy. A... read more

More debunking of the ex-NASA 49 climate change deniers

Remember that embarrassingly bad letter written by 49 ex-NASA employees saying that global warming is a fraud and that NASA shouldn’t support it? Over at Scholars and Rogues, Brian Angliss tears it ap... read more

A Mixture of Known Compounds is Unpatentable without a Transformation

Bhagat v. Iancu is a newly filed petition for writ of certiorari now pending before the United States Supreme Court. (Case No. 18-277). Bhagat is the founder and CEO of Asha Nutrition and is seeking t... read more

Giants deliver a lot of “odd” in the first half of another odd year, but they’ll take being in the hunt

I was asked to write a first-half state of the team assessment for the paper instead of a regular game story, so that’s what I’m posting here today, which is what I probably would have done on the blo... read more

Life — if you can call it that — under Israel’s Iron Dome

As a New Yorker living in Tel Aviv while researching a book, I never thought I’d say that ... miss at least one of them — I’ve started a tally. So far, I’ve run inside a bunker or a stairwell 14 times ... read more

‘Too Big to Fail’: Russia-gate One Year After VIPS Showed a Leak, Not a Hack

The sprawl of what we call “Russia-gate” now brings our republic and its institutions to a moment of great peril ... couldn’t be answered but really didn’t matter. I don’t right now see a way of absol... read more

Shouting "Code Violation!" in a Fire

Remember that famous Onion gag about the libertarian who nonetheless calls on public fire departments? The story of Dr. Herman Weiss illuminates why it sometimes isn't a good idea to alert public serv... read more

SCOTUS: Public Enemy Number One for Patent Owners

Instead the Court decided to limit its handling of the issues to patent eligibility under ... plus function claims then your discloser is going to be all the better. So don’t be afraid to put those bi... read more

A Drug Raid Goes Viral

As is evident in the Columbia video, from the perspective of the people inside the home that requirement is largely ceremonial. If you were in a backroom of that house, or asleep, it isn't at all diff... read more